diff --git a/ports/caf/CONTROL b/ports/caf/CONTROL
index 69e9c1ae450..1e0ca3624ee 100644
--- a/ports/caf/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/caf/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: caf
-Version: 0.17.3
+Version: 0.17.6
 Homepage: https://github.com/actor-framework/actor-framework
 Build-Depends: openssl
 Description: an open source C++11 actor model implementation featuring lightweight & fast actor implementations, pattern matching for messages, network transparent messaging, and more.
diff --git a/ports/caf/fix-arm.patch b/ports/caf/fix-arm.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c14287cc8b..00000000000
--- a/ports/caf/fix-arm.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index da58790..d79a1ae 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@ endfunction(pretty_yes)
- 
- add_executable(caf-generate-enum-strings cmake/caf-generate-enum-strings.cpp)
- 
-+install(TARGETS caf-generate-enum-strings DESTINATION tools)
-+
- function(enum_to_string relative_input_file relative_output_file)
-   set(input "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${relative_input_file}")
-   set(output "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${relative_output_file}")
-   add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${output}"
--                     COMMAND caf-generate-enum-strings "${input}" "${output}"
-+                     COMMAND ${CAF_TOOL_PATH}caf-generate-enum-strings "${input}" "${output}"
-                      DEPENDS caf-generate-enum-strings "${input}")
- endfunction()
- 
diff --git a/ports/caf/portfile.cmake b/ports/caf/portfile.cmake
index c8ead37b415..2cd515007db 100644
--- a/ports/caf/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/caf/portfile.cmake
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ endif()
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO actor-framework/actor-framework
-    REF b05a4b7b2a6f59b0508db84ea68e5ada2224f904 # 0.17.3
-    SHA512 02b1598f5090674bc2ce4fdbcd70a4669c8c0710e98d910dbd77338c088cc87db4e0eeb3dd89100772ff4f74bdf09a7f70b8975d79c816e422dc34a356f8ba4e
+    REF f7d4fc7ac679e18ba385f64434f8015c3cea9cb5 # 0.17.6
+    SHA512 8b4719c26dfad68eed6f2528263702e42f9865bb7a9f2d40909dc6c3fc20bb7259fe44a5f89390ba714c7f9359db2d171ff44685641962c24a70f4e2aa3f3f65
     HEAD_REF master
 	PATCHES
 		openssl-version-override.patch
-        fix-arm.patch
 )
 
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(